They have increased the partner awards charges on Delta to $ 500 to match
the Virgin flight charges.
Not exact matches
Virgin Atlantic
charges fuel surcharges for award
flights, and there is a very stiff penalty (25 % of the miles if cancelled outside of 7 days of departure or 100 % of the award miles if cancelled within 7 days of departure) for cancelling award bookings.
Do: Delta doesn't
charge a fuel surcharge on most partner
flights (when the
flight originates from the U.S.), such as on Air France,
Virgin Atlantic,
Virgin Australia, and China Airlines.
Tickets booked with
Virgin Australia Velocity points are refundable, but you will be
charged a fee of either 4,500 points or $ 35 for domestic
flights on
Virgin Australia.
Another bonus of using HawaiianMiles to book
Virgin Atlantic
flights is that Hawaiian does not
charge exorbitant fuel surcharges on these
flights.
Flying Club Gold members can check in an extra piece of luggage on all
Virgin Atlantic operated
flights for no extra
charge (weighing up to 23 kg).
Primary cardholders of the Alaska Airlines Visa Signature credit card who have an open account at the time of travel may check 1 bag free of
charge for themselves and up to 6 passengers traveling on the same reservation on both Alaska and
Virgin America
flights.
While
Virgin Atlantic
charges half of the miles required for a round - trip award on its own
flights, the award rates will vary if you book a
flight on one of their partners.
Now, Delta is back to its antics and is now
charging huge fuel surcharges on
Virgin Atlantic
flights and it's really bad.
Flying Club Gold members can check in an extra piece of baggage on all
Virgin Atlantic operated
flights for no extra
charge (weighing up to 23 kg).
Enjoy little extras in
Virgin Atlantic Economy like kids» meals and K - ID backpacks, movie snacks and wine, beer and spirits on transatlantic
flights - at no extra
charge.
UK APD for passengers aged 12 years or over, departing the UK in Economy before 1 March 2016, is # 71 and this is what
Virgin Atlantic will still
charge you, as things stand, even if your
flight is after 1 March 2016 (children under the age of 12 already travel free of APD).
For example,
Virgin Atlantic
charges only 15,000 points for a round - trip
flight between New York and London, but fuel surcharges and taxes come to $ 475.
Just based on some preliminary research, though, it looks like the best deals will be to use Delta miles to fly either Delta or
Virgin Atlantic
flights since, although mileage requirements are higher in some cases (the difference is actually smaller in premium classes) the taxes and surcharges that Delta
charges on both its own and
Virgin flights are much lower.
French Polynesia because they partner with both airlines flying from the mainland US to Tahiti (Air Tahiti Nui and Air France) and Australia because they partner with
Virgin Australia,
Virgin Australia has the best award availability to Australia especially on the Los Angeles — Brisbane route, because those seats are even available at Delta.com now, and because they've stopped
charging fuel surcharges for those
flights as well.
Offer is valid on reservations that include a minimum of one
flight on Delta Air Lines, Hawaiian Airlines, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Air France, Alitalia, Bahamasair, Aeromexico,
Virgin Australia International,
Virgin Atlantic, China Southern, WestJet and / or their codeshare partners; reservations that include The hotel discount is based on the standard room
charges of each of the participating hotels in Mexico, the Dominican Republic or Jamaica.
For details on excess baggage
charges and options for pre-purchase of additional baggage for
Virgin Australia and
Virgin America operated
flights see Checked Baggage.